Benjamin Netanyahu, Master Strategist?
He hasn’t sought to invent a solution that doesn’t exist.
August 19, 2016
What Loving God Really Means
Covenantal love, erotic love, or both?
This week’s Torah reading of Va’etḥanan contains the first paragraph of the Sh’ma prayer, which includes the verse, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might”—a commandment hard to reconcile with the modern notion of love as an uncontrollable feeling. Drawing from his recent book, The Love of God, Jon D. Levenson notes several ancient Near Eastern treaties requiring a vassal to love his king, or even a king to love his vassal, and suggests that the earliest readers of this passage might have found such an obligation much easier to accept. But he also cautions against pushing this reading too far:
August 19, 2016
What Loving God Really Means
Covenantal love, erotic love, or both?
Super-Accurate Missiles and What They Mean for Israel’s Security
They could spell defeat even in victory.
Who Should Rule Syria? Nobody
A realistic plan for bringing order.
An Ancient Medical Practice, from Masada to the Olympics
As cupping helps a swimmer.